Hi all,
Last fall I bought a kit for a set of wings from Jay, unassembled. It's the extended-length flap & aileron kit, with round tips. I got it as a kit because I was going to work with him to model the wing parts in Solidworks. As it turned out, he decided that he really didn't need them modeled after all...so I never modeled the components. So I have had this kit in my climate-controlled shop for the past 5-6 months now, and I'm trying to decide what to do with it. I was considering just building something for myself, like a Super-Chub based on the Wag Aero 2+2 which I have plans for. However I was recently offered a job that would require me to relocate from Wisconsin to Florida and work as a software test engineer. So now I have a bit of a dilemma: To sell this kit outright, or assemble it and sell the wings to someone looking to build something. The new company will move us, but I really won't have a shop once I get down there, and with the new job I am not at all certain when I might have time to build a project. Therefore I think it probably best to just go ahead and sell the entire kit.
Obviously it would easier to ship the kit to someone while it's still in pieces--many of the components are still in the original boxes from Javron. I would however have to make some crates for the spars, as those were delivered to me wrapped in packing blankets and shipping in the shipper's trailer. So they would need to be protected in a crate to be shipped to someone via freight. Still though, it's much easier to ship in the current form than as two assembled wings. I am an A&P so I am not afraid to assemble the parts from Javron though, and that might be more attractive to a potential buyer--because it's obviously less work than having to assemble the wings themselves.
Therefore I was hoping to get some opinions from builders: If you were in my situation, would you assemble the wings and sell them, or just try to sell them as an unassembled wing kit?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
TB
Last fall I bought a kit for a set of wings from Jay, unassembled. It's the extended-length flap & aileron kit, with round tips. I got it as a kit because I was going to work with him to model the wing parts in Solidworks. As it turned out, he decided that he really didn't need them modeled after all...so I never modeled the components. So I have had this kit in my climate-controlled shop for the past 5-6 months now, and I'm trying to decide what to do with it. I was considering just building something for myself, like a Super-Chub based on the Wag Aero 2+2 which I have plans for. However I was recently offered a job that would require me to relocate from Wisconsin to Florida and work as a software test engineer. So now I have a bit of a dilemma: To sell this kit outright, or assemble it and sell the wings to someone looking to build something. The new company will move us, but I really won't have a shop once I get down there, and with the new job I am not at all certain when I might have time to build a project. Therefore I think it probably best to just go ahead and sell the entire kit.
Obviously it would easier to ship the kit to someone while it's still in pieces--many of the components are still in the original boxes from Javron. I would however have to make some crates for the spars, as those were delivered to me wrapped in packing blankets and shipping in the shipper's trailer. So they would need to be protected in a crate to be shipped to someone via freight. Still though, it's much easier to ship in the current form than as two assembled wings. I am an A&P so I am not afraid to assemble the parts from Javron though, and that might be more attractive to a potential buyer--because it's obviously less work than having to assemble the wings themselves.
Therefore I was hoping to get some opinions from builders: If you were in my situation, would you assemble the wings and sell them, or just try to sell them as an unassembled wing kit?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
TB